| Case Name | Citation | Year | Distance from slave case(s) | Law Type | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton v. Sutton | 141 Ark. 93 | 1919 | 1 | Arkansas | |
| Schumaker v. Schmidt | 44 Ala. 454 | 1870 | 1 | Alabama | |
| Wyche v. Clapp | 43 Tex. 543 | 1875 | 1 | Texas | |
| Betts v. Harper | 39 Ohio St. 639 | 1884 | 1 | Ohio | |
| In re Davis' Will | 120 N.C. 9 | 1897 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| In re Will of Cole | 171 N.C. 74 | 1916 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Ginn v. Edmundson | 173 N.C. 85 | 1917 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Bright v. Cox | 147 Ga. 474 | 1917 | 1 | Georgia | |
| Richmond v. Richmond | 189 Tenn. 625 | 1950 | 1 | Tennessee | |
| In re Davis | 129 Misc. 447 | 1927 | 1 | New York | |
| Lindsay v. Hogg | 41 N.C. 3 | 1849 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Yerger v. Jones | 57 U.S. 30 | 1853 | 1 | United States | |
| Hale v. Aaron | 77 N.C. 371 | 1877 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Green v. Barbee | 84 N.C. 69 | 1881 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Pickering v. Pickering | 63 N.H. 468 | 1885 | 1 | New Hampshire | |
| Summers v. Reynolds | 95 N.C. 404 | 1886 | 1 | North Carolina | |
| Armstrong v. Trustees of Union College | 66 N.Y.S. 942 | 1900 | 1 | New York | |
| Williamson v. Moore | 10 Idaho 749 | 1905 | 1 | Idaho | |
| Larey v. Beazley | 30 S.C. Eq. 119 | 1856 | 1 | South Carolina | |
| State v. Webster | 121 N.C. 586 | 1897 | 1 | North Carolina |